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21st century courtship?

By alex | Published: 3/9/2005
Am I just out of touch, or is this a very strange kind of dating: My name is Dave. I’m a twenty nine year old professional card player, living in the United States. I’m white, I don’t have any children or STDs. I don’t smoke cigarettes, but I do smoke marijuana sometimes. I drink alcohol, […]
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last.fm

By alex | Published: 2/22/2005
Sometime last month, I thought about posting a snapshot of my most-listened to albums from last.fm. I took the picture, and it sat on my desktop for a month. Then, a similar picture showed up on plasticbag — well, more exactly on its feed. The actual posting has disappeared. So, rather than being derivative, I […]
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Teachable moment

By alex | Published: 2/19/2005
At the Thai restaurant last night, what appeared to be a father and his two high-school-aged daughters were sitting behind me. Father: Yep. You have to try a Mongolian restaurant some time. They have a giant wok, and everyone has to make their own food. Girl 1: Can’t you just order stuff? Father: No, everyone […]
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MyCheapPVR (part 2)

By alex | Published: 2/7/2005
When last I posted (part 1), I was ready to throw everything into that little case and get it up and running using the Myth Knoppix install. My reasoning was this: if it really was just a matter of sticking a CD-ROM in the drive and moving forward, it was worth the try. The hardware […]
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